jquery escaping quotes not quite right

Question

I have attempted escaping quotes out from this jquery bit of code and I'm not quite getting it. As well as the correct answer could I get the format for escaping quotes in jquery? Specifically I'm only trying to put the rdata.result[i].name variable into a string to pass it over. Thanks!

filling += "<a onclick=\"inserttictac("+rdata.result[i].uid+","+rdata.script[0]+",\'"+rdata.result[i].name+"\',"+rdata.result[i].front+","+rdata.result[i].back+","+rdata.result[i].side+")\'>Select</a>";

You could probably make your life easier if you didn't use inline Javascript, but instead defined the handler with $("selector").click(). — Barmar
– Barmar, Commented Nov 28, 2013 at 12:31

Curtis · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-28 12:29:39Z

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You don't need to escape the single quotes, only the double quotes.

You are using double quotes for string definition, so only escape those.

filling += "<a onclick=\"inserttictac("+rdata.result[i].uid+","+rdata.script[0]+",'"+rdata.result[i].name+"',"+rdata.result[i].front+","+rdata.result[i].back+","+rdata.result[i].side+")\">Select</a>";

answered Nov 28, 2013 at 12:29

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user3045858 Over a year ago

apparently I get this in the console: Uncaught SyntaxError: Unexpected string

SHIN Over a year ago

escape it . other wise chars line " ' create issues

Curtis Over a year ago

@user3045858 Try now, just noticed you were using a single quote for the end of your string concatenation. I've edited answer to double, with escape.

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